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Anchorage United for Youth

Anchorage United for Youth. Sarah Sledge, United Way of Anchorage William Hitchcock, Alaska Court System Becky Judd, Association of Alaska School Boards (ICE) Karen Zeman, Spirit of Youth Thomas Azzarella, Anchorage Youth Development Coalition. Pre-work in the 1990s

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Anchorage United for Youth

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  1. Anchorage United for Youth Sarah Sledge, United Way of Anchorage William Hitchcock, Alaska Court System Becky Judd, Association of Alaska School Boards (ICE) Karen Zeman, Spirit of Youth Thomas Azzarella, Anchorage Youth Development Coalition

  2. Pre-work in the 1990s • Developmental Assets Framework adopted by Anchorage School District • Anchorage Youth Development Coalition • Assets Trainer • Helping Kids Succeed – Anchorage School District Style • SEL • Anchorage Juvenile Justice Working Group • Anti-Gang & Youth Violence Initiative • Community Youth Violence/Gang Response Task Force • Reclaiming Futures • United Way Substance Abuse Workgroup History / Background

  3. Reclaiming Futures School System Coalitions Agencies Juvenile Justice United Way Alaska Association of School Boards Anchorage Youth Development Coalition • Tri-borough Anti-Gang & YouthViolence Policy Team Foundations

  4. Anchorage United for Youth 6 strategy areas, measured for community wide results Multi-sector partners agree to implement an integrated community plan Activities/Programs/Projects measure common client outcomes APD ASD MOA Youth service providers Funders Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Policy team Private sector Faith Organizations State

  5. GOAL: Anchorage youth succeed in school and in life • Graduate on time • 59.6% in 2005 • Resist substance use • 41.3% drinking alcohol • 27.9% binge drinking • Reject delinquency • 1836 juvenile arrests • 18% Anchorage HS students reporting dating violence What is your community goal for youth? • What would that look like? How would you know you had achieved this? • How are you doing on these measures now?

  6. Failure to engage in school • Disproportionate Minority Contact • Increase in gang activity • Substance use involvement in juvenile crime • Youth needed better access to meaningful activities • Needed more supportive adults What was the story?

  7. Your community goal for youth • What would that look like? How would you know you had achieved this? • How are you doing on these measures now? • What are some of the reasons for your current conditions? What is the story?

  8. Partners • Anchorage School District • Municipality • State Agencies • Juvenile Justice • Nonprofit agencies • Businesses • Judiciary • Anchorage Police Department • Tribal & Cultural Groups • Faith Community Who has a role to play in doing better?

  9. Your community goal for youth • What would that look like? How would you know you had achieved this? • How are you doing on these measures now? • What are some of the reasons for your current conditions? • What partners have a role to play in doing better? Partners for success

  10. Stable Families • Positive Adult Relationships • Meaningful Activities • Early Intervention Efforts What works to do better?

  11. Increase Family Support Intervention for Delinquent and Disengaged Youth Non-profit Sector For-profit sector City Government • Increase graduation rates • Reduce substance use rates • Reduce delinquency State Government Intervention for Substance Use Increase Supportive Adult Relationships Federal Government Faith Based Organizations Increase Meaningful Opportunities for Youth Environmental Strategies Tribal Organizations Individuals Funders Neighborhoods

  12. Building Assets and Increasing School Climate 1995 - 2009

  13. Increase capacity of organizations to provide meaningful opportunities • Incorporating Youth Voice • Workforce Development • Increasing youth awareness of activities Increasing Meaningful Opportunities

  14. Increase in youth knowledge of positive activity options: 79% • Increased knowledge about groups, organizations or services: 71% • Percentage of youth who indicate they participated in an activity learned of through QPA: 25% • Number of visits to page per day: average 150 www.facebook.com/quepasaanchorage

  15. Truancy / Attendance in middle schools • Data Collection / Focus Groups • Issues to be addressed • Programs and Solutions • Step Up Addressing School Engagement

  16. Youth Outcomes • Community Outcomes • Organizational & System Level Outcomes Measuring Our Progress

  17. Build awareness, first • Focus on what individuals can do • Assess community, organizational and school readiness and the capacity to change • Seek and seize opportunities to collaborate • Encourage youth agencies to adopt strength-based approaches Lessons Learned

  18. Development of strong MOAs/MOUs • Develop & define Leadership Team • Develop a strategy to sustain system and practice changes • Keep informal where possible Lessons Learned

  19. Anchorage United for Youth

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